EQUATORIAL GUINEA. Spectacular set of various projects for a 1000 Bipkwele banknote from Equatorial Guinea, carried out between 1979 and 1980, although the work was well advanced, the banknote was never issued, the set includes a beautiful sheet-cardboard for the final presentation of the reverse of the banknote with the mixed watercolor-collage technique of the same art-style of the banknotes of the time manufactured by the FNMT and signed by M. Salamanca, plus a definitive proof of engraving of a 1000 Bickwele banknote in black and only the frame, date (Malabo, August 3, 1979) and signatures, dated on the bottom on August 1, 1980 and signed by Carande, two other definitive proofs of engraving, in blue-black on the reverse of two banknotes and in very similar conditions ( only the difference is appreciated in the details of the characters' clothing), dated September 1, 1980 (the month has been rectified) and October 3, 1980, both signed by Mauro, these last three tests and They are numbered with the FNMT's own digits. The set is complemented by five photographs of period proofs (one of them attached to presentation cardboard), of the different states of the banknote (one of them is made in an inverted or negative position). a photograph of the finished obverse. Spectacular and unique set testifying to the manufacturing process of a Guinean banknote by the FNMT, in which the different stages prior to the putting into circulation of a banknote are appreciated.
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